Question

1. Alex and Leandro purchase two matinee movie tickets. A matinee ticket costs , a drink costs , and a bag of popcorn costs . Define each variable and write an algebraic expression to describe how much they spend based on the number of drinks and bags of popcorn they buy. Identify the parts of the expression by underlining the coefficient(s), circling the constant(s), and drawing a box around the variable(s).

Answer 1

The algebric expression we get:

$5.50d + $ 6.00p +$13

Explanation:

Alex and Leandro purchase two matinee movie tickets.

One movie ticket costs $6.50

It means they have already spent $13 without purchasing the popcorn and drink.

A drink costs = $5.50

A bag of popcorn costs = $ 6.00

Thus the expression we get is:

$5.50d + $ 6.00p +$13

where 'd' shows drink costs and 'p' shows cost of popcorn.

In the expression $5.50d + $ 6.00p +$13:

• d and p are variables

• Coefficients are the numbers next to the variables. In this expression 5.50 and 6.00 are coefficients

• And constant is the value which stays always same. In this expression 13 is the constant ....